By fall, Morgan will be “the only HBCU offering fully accredited degrees in city and regional planning, architecture and landscape architecture in one place.” —Mary Anne Akers, Ph.D., Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning, MSU
ments of Civil Engineering and Transportation Studies of Morgan’s School of Engineering.
Dean Mary Anne Akers As science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) have grown in importance to the global economy, Morgan State University has unveiled its most ambitious effort to prepare its graduates for the new, STEMdriven markets. On April 2, 2010, a ceremony attended by Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley marked the groundbreaking for Morgan’s Center for the Built Environment and Infrastructure Studies (CBEIS). CBEIS will be the shared home of Morgan’s School of Architecture and Planning and the Depart-
The 2.86-acre structure and grounds will become a gateway to Morgan’s campus. Positioned adjacent to the William Donald Schaefer Engineering Building on the northern-most edge of the campus, CBEIS will make a strong visual statement that the University is moving forward to create the next generation of globally competitive problem-solvers, innovators and inventors. The 126,000-gross-square-foot building, complete with hanging gardens, will create a collaborative environment of classrooms, civil engineering labs, seminar rooms, architecture studios and faculty and administrative offices. The facility will incorporate resourceconserving and environmentally sustainable elements in its design. The projected opening date for CBEIS is fall, 2012. For more information about MSU’s School of Engineering and MSU’s School of Architecture and Planning, visit: www.morgan.edu.
MSU’S HISTORICAL TRANSFORMATION CBEIS is the 11th new construction project to come online in the last 25 years of Morgan State University’s campus expansion. Before the CBEIS groundbreaking, Morgan’s new library, communications center, pedestrian bridge, student center and parking garage all came online almost simultaneously, near the end of 2006. MSU has seen improvements through the addition of 19 campus building and facility renovations, including Banneker Hall — the new home of the School of Education and Urban Studies — as well as the annexation of five properties for the University, including the Estuarine Center on the Chesapeake Bay in Calvert County, Md.; the Portage Ave. building, home of the School of Community Health and Policy; Turner’s Armory, home of the MSU Bear Battalion; the Lillie Carroll Jackson Museum, in Baltimore City; and part of the Northwood Shopping Center, site of MSU’s new School of Business and Management building, which is scheduled to open in 2015.
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